<p>There’s this boy in a few of my classes who is absolutely, positively brilliant. He can speak and write intelligently about anything from Particle Physics to neo-conservatism. He is honestly one of the smartest people I’ve ever met - however, he’s lazy. He’s not a big fan of homework. In AP World, he’d get 100’s on every test but half credit on all of his homework. This year, all of his notes are poorly BS’ed in classes like Gov and Lit, but his writing and analysis is brilliant.</p>
<p>If he put in maybe 30% more effort, he’d be valedictorian, but now he’s stuck in the ranking of 30/500 (which by NO means is bad at all, but he’s hands down smarter than everyone else, so its rather unfortunate). His sheer intellect guaranteed him a 3.6. Hard work would guarantee him a 4.0.</p>